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The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn’t exactly appreciated, at first.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Direction Doubt Hit Myself Praise See
there is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince.
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Convince Difficult Easy Independence Opinion Quiet Silence Soft
Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Government Imagination Judgment
It lies around us like a cloud- A world we do not see; Yet the sweet closing of an eye May bring us there to be.
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Close Cloud Lying See Sweet
Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.
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Action Education Right See
The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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Clever Friendship Reason Sanity
It is one mark of a superior mind to understand and be influenced by the superiority of others.
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Influence Mark Mindset Oneself Superiority
All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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Equality Freedom Grave Man
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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Give Up Place Time
There are in this world two kinds of natures, – those that have wings, and those that have feet, – the winged and the walking spirits. The walking are the logicians; the winged are the instinctive and poetic.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Kind Logic Nature Poetry Walk Wings World
Eyes that have never wept cannot comprehend sorrow.
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Cry Eyes Sorrow
The heart has no tears to give,–it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.
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Blood Heart Silence Tears
Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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Bond Build Discover Friendship
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first. Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Acceptance Goodness Harm Ideas Impossible People Person
The Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world, and he has deep in his heart a passion for all that is splendid, rich and fanciful.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Country Deep Exotic Fancy Passion Rich World
Of course, in a novel, people’s hearts break, and they die and that is the end of it; and in a story this is very convenient. But in real life we do not die when all that makes life bright dies to us.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Breathe Bright Death End Heart Broken Life Novel Reality Story